1、,Deep in the Amazon, the slow tropical twilight beckons villagers to join the fire circle. Here all gather to share the news, to learn of one anothers lives, to hear elders tell the old stories,entertain, and socialize the young into the right ways of living.,在亚马逊深处,酷热的黄昏人们围火而坐。人们聚集在一起分享见闻,学习对方的生活,听
2、老人家讲过去的故事,娱乐,告诉年轻人们正确的生活方式。,Yet there are ever fewer young at this fire circle.The elders explain in haunted tones,They have fallen to the ghost , the big ghost.,越来越多的年轻人在这个火圈当中。老者用阴森的语调说“他们落入鬼的手中,一个很大的鬼。”对于丛林的闹鬼。当夜幕降临,大群的蝙蝠飞起来挡住月光,青蛙叫,稍纵即逝,闪烁的灯光可以看见鬼在村庄里。,For this jungle is haunted. As night falls
3、,great clusters of bats swoop overhead blocking the moonlight, deep-throated frogs call, and the fleeting, flickering light of a ghost can be glimpsed in the village.,The ghost prefers young people ,one by one they disappear from the fire circle .Some are never seen in the circle again.Others return
4、 with a zombie-like glaze in their eyes.The elders know they have seen the Madonna-the one in strange underwear ,that is . The big ghost arrives by satellite dish, and brings Madonna and MTV to the Amazon along with cartoons and a world of other offerings.,鬼魂喜欢年轻的人们,他们一个一个从火圈消失。一些人从此再也没有在圈中看见过。其他人看见
5、一个像光滑面一样的僵尸。 老人们知道他们已经看见了麦当娜,这是一个奇怪的内衣物。大鬼带来的碟形天线,带来了麦当娜和音乐电视,卡通和世界上其它的产品。,The Amazons Kayapo Indians used money from gold and mahogany on the world market to install a small but effective satellite dish.Some wish they hadnt. The chief regrets his decision, I have been saying that people must buy us
6、eful things like knives or fishing hooks. Television does not fill the stomach。,亚马逊的卡亚布印第安人用金钱从金和桃花心木在世界市场上安装了一个小但有效的卫星天线。一些人希望他们不存在。酋长遗憾的说“我曾经说过人们应该买有用的东西比如刀和鱼叉,电视填不饱肚子”,It only shows our chilren and grandchildren white peoples things . Bemoans an elder , The night is the time the old people teach the young people .Television has stolen the night,它显示我们的子孙,的老者,“夜晚是时间给年轻人的,电视偷了它”,